John,

Can we have two concurrent connections, one each to the methods
gardenhose and shadow from a single Twitter account?

Thanks,
Karthik

On May 10, 9:04 am, John Kalucki <jkalu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Note: TheStreamingAPI is currently under a limited alpha test,
> details below.
>
> Multiple concurrent connections from the same account are discouraged
> on theStreamingAPI. Starting on or after the afternoon of Monday,
> May 11th (22:00:00 11-May-2009 UTC) the service will gently enforce
> this policy. A later release will fully enforce this policy.
> Subsequent connections from the same account will cause previously
> established connections to be disconnected.
>
> In some cases, this might cause operational difficulties for
> developers who are using the restricted resources. For example, a
> developer's staging test might knock that developer's production /
> gardenhose feed offline. Non-production uses should connect to the /
> spritzer resource with a secondary account to avoid these conflicts.
> We may, on a case-by-case basis, grant exceptions to this policy as we
> work through the alpha test. We will attempt to balance ease-of-use,
> resource consumption and abuse prevention.
>
> -John Kalucki - Services, Twitter Inc.http://twitter.com/jkalucki
>
> Important Alpha Test Note:
> TheStreamingAPI (aka Hosebird) is currently under an alpha test. All
> developers using theStreamingAPI must tolerate possible unannounced
> and extended periods of unavailability, especially during off-hours,
> Pacific Time. New features, resources and policies are being deployed
> on very little, if any, notice. Any developer may experiment with the
> unrestricted resources and provide feedback via this list. Access to
> restricted resources is extremely limited and is only granted on a
> case-by-case basis after acceptance of an additional terms of service
> document. Documentation is 
> available:http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation.

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